El Camino Real DAR Marker No. 45 -- nr Benchley TX
N 30° 45.345 W 096° 27.065
14R E 743991 N 3405309
No. 45 of 128 total El Camino Real markers placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution, this marker is at a small pullout near the junction of the OSR and the TX 6 near Benchley TX
Waymark Code: WMNVFD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2015
Views: 9
In 1915 the Texas branch of the Daughters of the American Revolution decided to mark the historic route of the King's Highway, also called the El Camino Real or the Old San Antonio Road. They placed squat pink granite markers every 5 miles along the route in 1918.
The markers are identical, and read as follows:
"KING'S HIGHWAY
CAMINO REAL
OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD
Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the State of Texas
1918"
See here for more on this unique marker program: (
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There are several of them in the OSR highway Right-of-way between the I-45 and the TX-6. Blasterz were SURE they had all been waymarked -- shows what we know!